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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Am I the only one who immediately thought, "Oh, she must be a dog mom, and those are dog years, so she's 56!" Uh...yeah, I guess I was the only one. Sorry...Love, absolutely love your blog, Jen and John!

When I was 13 or so I got a beautiful and poetic card from my great-grandmother that ended with the words, "Happy Birthday Grandmother." Later on my brother got a "My little boy is turning 3!" card on his 17th birthday. Grandma isn't around to send those cards anymore but I'd love to have one of these cakes :D

I hope this cake didn't bring on the story my own grandmother would've told had it been her cake, about how it was the Depression and how no one wanted to waste money or even flour and eggs just over a little girl's birthday cake, plus sugar was a luxury... I would've insisted they fix it before accepting it, and I'm kind of starting to sweat at the thought of the whole scenario. "Depression" is the most appropriate name they could've given the era, that's for sure.